Headlines- Iran's High Council for Human Rights condemned attacks on religious, cultural, and historical landmarks across the country by the United States and Israel.
- Despite an ongoing ceasefire, the National News Agency of Lebanon has reported several Israeli attacks in the country's south.
- A new round of peace talks was reportedly scheduled to take place in Pakistan with Vice President JD Vance and other American diplomats.
- The US will host new talks between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday with the aim of encouraging an agreement.
- US President Donald Trump has stated that unless an agreement is made with Tehran, the US will not lift its embargo of Iranian ports.
- Data from the Defense Department shows that at least 415 American troops have been injured in the war with Iran.
- US On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to leave for Pakistan in preparation for the upcoming round of peace talks with Iran.
- On Monday, US President Donald Trump claimed on social media that Israel "never talked" him into going to war with Iran.
Year: 2021
Women Defying the Odds
Two documentaries shine a light on women defying the odds in the face of brutality and corruption
For Georgian Woman, A Tattoo Is...
Nano Mikautadze used to cover her head in public after an autoimmune disorder caused her hair to fall out. But in her 20s, she decided to stop wearing head scarves and decorated her scalp with a floral tattoo
Authorities in Northeast Syria Release 65...
Al-Hol camp authorities on Thursday released 65 Islamic State families of Deir el-Zour under an agreement with Syria’s tribes
For Rohingya Refugees, Myanmar Military’s Crackdown...
Seeing the violence against civilians in Myanmar in the wake of that country’s coup, Rohingya refugees sheltering in southeastern Bangladesh say their own experience has been validated now that the general Burmese population is experiencing the brutality of its military
Police Were Beaten by Three Women...
Three suspects, who did not comply with the rules of compulsory collection and the use of a protective mask, attacked a Public Security Police (PSP), on March 2, at 5:50 pm, in the parish of Belém, in Lisbon, in Portugal. The women were arrested and taken to court for the crime of resistance and coercion
Inside Tehran’s Sex Trade, A Business...
In Iran’s conservative Islamic society, prostitution is illegal, immoral, and rarely discussed. But in an investigative documentary by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda, sex workers in Tehran describe a routine business where clients are easily found and family members turn a blind eye
Despite Setbacks, Europe’s Far Right Finds...
Europe’s far right has suffered some setbacks recently: Germany’s top opposition party is under surveillance for extremism and France shut down a right-wing youth group
Uyghur Textile Entrepreneur Dies Days After...
A Uyghur textile trader and entrepreneur has died days after being freed from an internment camp in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where he lost more than 100 pounds of weight over his three years in detention, according to sources
UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...
Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, addresses the videoconference with Security Council members in connection with the Middle East (Syria)
Russia Ends Ban on Hundreds of...
It’s a new era for Russian women, at least if they’re aspiring truckers, boat drivers, or pilots. Russia’s government has opened up several hundred professions that previously barred women under late-Soviet-era labor restrictions